Category Public Safety
Marion County’s justice of the peace strives to connect with people through court
Since taking the bench in 2021, Justin Kidd has worked to boost access to the Marion County Justice Court by holding proceedings in Spanish, crafting unique sentences and officiating holiday-themed weddings.
UPDATED: No arrest in March 3 stabbing of teen at Highland Park
A 19-year-old man was sitting on a bench at Highland Park around 3:30 p.m. on March 3, talking with another person when a stranger stabbed him twice and ran away, according to Salem police.
Windows broken at KSLM, Salem’s conservative talk radio station
Salem police said they have made no arrests two days after finding three windows shattered at the conservative news talk radio station KSLM early Saturday morning.
A year after deadly shooting in Bush Park, a heartbroken family forges on
José Vázquez Valenzuela, 16, was killed last March in a daytime shooting in Bush’s Pasture Park. In the year since, José’s mother has urged his two friends who survived the gunfire to honor her son’s memory by taking advantage of the second chance he didn’t get.
Boy, 17, accused of shooting man in NE Salem on Feb. 3
A teenager was arrested Wednesday and accused of an early morning shooting a month earlier near Swegle Elementary School that left a 20-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds.
Salem man accused of shooting window, throwing Molotov cocktail at Tesla dealership
Adam M. Lansky, 41, of Salem, faces a federal charge of illegally possessing an unregistered firearm. Police say he was behind two recent incidents of vandalism at Salem's Tesla dealership.
Trucker gets 48 years for causing crash that killed 7 farmworkers
Surviving victims and relatives of the seven farmworkers killed in a May 2023 collision on Interstate 5 tearfully detailed the tragedy they experienced in court Tuesday, just before semi-truck driver Lincoln Smith was sentenced to prison.
Salem man sentenced to federal prison for fentanyl trafficking; police seized 50 pounds of drugs
Leonel Covarrubias Hernandez, 48 was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Monday after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to distribute fentanyl in November. Police arrested Covarrubias in 2022 after seizing counterfeit pills that contained fentanyl.
Bill would create $1 billion fund to aid utilities in paying wildfire victims
In a document circulated last fall, Oregon power brokers argue wildfires endanger the entire state’s economic health.